We climbed the mountain in June (2018) in snowy conditions but great weather. Here's a video edit from the day - and our blog post from the trip is here....
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An action packed four days of Chamonix climbing
An action packed four days with Aoife, Tom and Dave, along with James guiding as well. It felt like we climbed a pretty chunky route everyday, and some proper classics too. We've been extremely lucky with the weather, with long hot days and no sign of the normal...
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Snowy ridges, hot granite and early starts – Chamonix climbing conditions
Another good week of climbing here in Chamonix on one of our Alpine skills courses. Five days of training, practice and then alpine action. It's always a pleasure watching people learn and then become more and more independent in the mountains. We focused on glacial...
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Alpine Skills Course Photo Report
The hot and stable weather is still here in Chamonix. People are climbing all sorts of stuff, including some big routes on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, as well as rock routes mid-high mountain now that the snow is receding fast. Having said that, there is still...
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What to expect from a high mountain refuge
The high mountain huts through out the alps are a mixture of alpine club and privately run huts. The hut network is seriously impressive, virtually every mountain and major route is served by a hut, some tiny bivouac shelters, and others more like mountain hotels. All...
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The good weather continues
After an unsettled May and early June, it's a relief to have some stable, if hot, weather at last. Lot's of alpine activity out here in Chamonix now, with most of the lifts open, although the Aiguille du Midi remains shut until late next week. Andy and I had a great...
read moreSuperb conditions on Mont Blanc via the Gouter route
Our second trip up Mont Blanc this season was a complete success, with all four of our climbers reaching the top on Friday (15th June). Conditions really were excellent, with good snow in the grand couloir, up the ridge to the Gouter hut and then up to the summit....
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Advanced Mountaineering course – & Chamonix Conditions
What a week. Despite the indifferent weather forecast for the entire week, Dave and I managed to get a varied set of climbs done on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif. With stormy weather due almost every day we had to adapt our original plans slightly, and...
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Bashing around Le Tour with the boarders today.
Frozen hard in the morning, perfect at lunchtime then soggy and rubbish by mid afternoon.
Spring skiing in February 🙄
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First time skiing in #Courmayeur this season.
The snow was good.
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Planning ahead: dates for our 2020 Elbrus ski mountaineering expedition now online: Nine days of ski mountaineering on Europe's highest summit.
Keen for some April Off Piste? We have four spots left on our Chamonix week:
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Back home after a pretty fantastic six day hut to hut ski tour in the southern alps.
Blue skies, powder and plenty of safe fresh tracks. Lots of opportunity to “earn your turns” - we clocked around 7000m of ascent over the week, despite some bad weather at the start.
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After a couple of stormy days the weather has come good again.
Great hut to hut ski touring conditions in the southern alps.
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Heads down into the wind...
In the southern French alps for a weeks hut to hut ski tour.
Weather definitely sub par today, but we had a good adventure looping up one valley, over the col and down to the hut.
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